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The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) is a non-aligned, non-political, not-for-profit, pan-African learned society formed in 1985.

The AAS's vision is to see transformed lives on the African continent through science. Its mandate is to pursue excellence by recognising scholars and achievers; provide advisory and think tank functions for shaping the continent's strategies and policies; and implement key science, technology, and innovation (STI) programmes that impact developmental challenges. The AAS and the New Partnership for Africa's Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency) created the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA), an Africa-led, Africa-centred, and Africa specific platform for accelerating scientific excellence, leadership and innovation and serving the goal for implementing STI programmes.

The AAS recognises excellence through the election of AAS fellows and affiliates. The AAS also awards the Obasanjo Prize for Scientific Discovery and Technological Innovation every two years to an outstanding scientist who contributes to the development of the continent.

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The American Antiquarian Society (AAS), located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is both a learned society and national research library of pre-twentieth century American history and culture. Founded in 1812, it is the oldest historical society in the United States with a national focus. Its main building, known as Antiquarian Hall, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in recognition of this legacy. The mission of the AAS is to collect, preserve and make available for study all printed records of what is now known as the United States of America. This includes materials from the first European settlement through the year 1876.

The AAS offers programs for professional scholars, pre-collegiate, undergraduate and graduate students, educators, professional artists, writers, genealogists, and the general public. AAS has many digital collections available, including "A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1788–1824."

The collections of the AAS contain over three million books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, graphic arts materials and manuscripts. The Society is estimated to hold copies of two-thirds of the total books known to have been printed in what is now the United States from the establishment of the first press in 1640 through the year 1820; many of these volumes are exceedingly rare and a number of them are unique. Historic materials from all fifty U.S. states, most of Canada and the British West Indies are included in the AAS repository. One of the more famous volumes held by the Society is a copy of the first book printed in America, the Bay Psalm Book. AAS also has one of the largest collections of newspapers printed in America through 1876, with more than two million issues in its collection.

The American Society of Criminology (ASC) is an international organization based on the campus of The Ohio State University focussed on crime and delinquency. It aims to grow and disseminate knowledge and scholarly research, with members working in many related fields and on different levels in the fields of criminal justice and criminology.

It is devoted to the study of crime and justice policy, with the objective of strengthening the role of research in the formulation of public policy in this arena. Eleven of the 16 Society divisions also produce and distribute various publications. The Society holds an annual meeting that attracts some 4,000+ attendees from roughly 40 countries.

Society offices were located on the campus of Ohio State University from the mid-1960s, but they are now located in a separate location in Chatham Lane in Columbus, Ohio.

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